Combined dish pan and drainer.



No. 883,840. PATENTED APR. 7, 1908. M. v. TAGGART. COMBINED DISH PAN ANDDRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1906.

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MARTIN V. TAGGART, OF GRENOLA, KANSAS.

COMBINED DISH PAN AND DRAINER.

- the internal upwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed May 8, 1906. Serial No. 816,767.

and Drainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined dishpans and drainers, and my objectis to produce a household article of this character which will enablethe dishes to be washed and the water to be drained therefrom in anexpeditious and convenient manner.

A further object is to produce an article of this character of simple,strong, durable and cheap construction. 1

To these ends the invention consists in certain. novel and peculiarfeatures of construction scribed and claimed; and in order that it maybe fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing,in Which- Figure 1, is a top plan View of a combined dish-pan anddrainer arranged in operative relation, embodying my invention. Fig. 2,is a section on the line 11-11 of F i 1. Fig. 3, is a section on theline III-I I of Fi 1.

in the said drawings, 1 indicates a dishpan of greater length than Widthby preference and having its rear wall 2 vertical and at ri ht angles toits sides and its front wall 3 inc ined and round. The walls of the panmay be made from one piece of sheet metal if esired or the roundedportion may be joined to the front ends of the side walls, and the sidewalls are longitudinally indented as at 4, in any suitable manner so asto provide disposed shoulders 5 below its up er edge.

The dish-drainer preferably consists of a piece of sheet metal bent toform side walls 6 converging downwardly at about the same angle as theside walls of'the pan and adapted to fit down into the latter and reston the shoulders 5. The rear. wall 7 of the drainer is preferablypitched downward and forward and is adapted to roject down into the pannear the rear wa thereof. The front wall 8 of the drainer is preferablyvertical and it is preferable that the drainer shall engage the sidewalls of the an with sufficient friction to revent its accidentaldislodgment.

he drainer is preferably of angular form and organization as hereinafterde-v so as to be held against turning by the walls of the an when It isin position thereon.

The bottom of the drainer is of skeleton formation and consistspreferably of a pair of rods 9 extending from the front to the rearwall, and a series of closely arranged cross rods 10 which extendbetween the side walls of the drainer and are supported intermediate oftheir ends upon rods 9.

11 indicates a dish-support shown in the form of a bail hinged as at 12to the cross rod 10 nearest wall 7 The dish support may be used tosuspend the drainer from a hook when not in use or may be folded down tothe position shown in Fig. 2. When in use the dish support is turned upso as to rest against and extend above the rear wall of the ainer asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, in order that it may form a support for a plateor other dish as shown at 14, fitted down between the rearmost pair ofcross rods 10, and prevented from rolling thereon by the rods 9succeeding lates or dishes being arranged between otl ier of said crossrods, the second plate leaning against the first and the third againstthe second and so on, it being understood of course that the dishes maybe stacked in the drainer in any suitable or preferred manner.

It will be observed that the drainer presents an open-bottom rack 11 onwhich the dishes will be supported by t eir edges in a substantiallyupright osition so that the water will drain readi Y and rapidly fromeach plate ordish and there will be no liability of the dishes fallingand breaking.

While in the drainer boiling water may be to rinse them and mgoperation, and it Wlll be poured upon. the dishes acilitate the drapparent that t e pro ecting of the pan forwardly beyond the dishdrainer permits washing of dishes in the pan with convenience and thatafter being washed they may be stacked upon the drainer withoutrequiring the dishwasher to take any unnecessar steps, the combinedarticle therefore reducing the work of dish washing.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced adish-pan and drainer embodying the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the object of the invention and I wish itto be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact detailsof construction shown and described as changes in the form, proportion,and arrangement of the parts ma be made without departing from theprincip e of construction involved.

Having thus described the invention what i I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 1-- The improved article herein describedand shown consisting of a pan having parallel sides and one angular end,and provided on its sides below the upper edges thereof withlongitudinal shoulders extending forward from said angular end, and adrainer havin an open bottom and having its sides shapes to fit snuglyWithin the angular end of the pan and rest on the shoulders on the sidesthereof and project above said sides and end, longitudinal rods securedin and extend ing between the end walls of the drainer at the loweredges of the same, transverse rods secured to and extending between thesides of the drainer at the lower edges of the same and resting upon thelongitudinal rods, and a dish-supporting bail having its ends pivotallyhung on the rearmost transverse rod and bearing laterally a ainst thelongitudinal rods.

In testimony w ereof, I aflix my signature. in the presence of twowitnesses.

MARTIN V. TAGGART.

Witnesses:

L. J. WELLs, RoY S. BOUDEN.

